Call for nominees

• Create google form for people to use to self-nominate (I usually update the old form or make a copy)
• Create Wiki page for this election (pick up and edit the page from the last election)
• Post in the Newsletter
• Announce on Slack.
• The call for nominations should last about 2-3 weeks.

Set up voting

• Set up a blog post with the interview information from the nominations
• Set up a Newsletter article with then nominee information
• Set up a poll at: https://civs.cs.cornell.edu
• Pull a list of all current voting members
• Email out ballots
• Voting period is usually 2 weeks.
• Send out 2 general reminders to slack
• Send out 2-3 nagging emails to the voting list… do not resend to anybody who told you they voted.

Announce results

• Close the Poll
• Email the folks who didn’t win thanking them for running
• Send and email to the folks that did win
• Announce on slack

Onboard and continue announcing

• Assign Director Onboard to somebody on the board to onboard their new fellows
  • Steps outlined in asana task template for complete Director Onboarding and Offboarding
• Get the interview text and update the About page on the website
  • Requires rewriting blurbs
  • Write article on new directors in Newsletters